Picture this: It’s a late Thursday, early Friday morning, and you’re out for an evening stroll. You turn a corner, probably still half-asleep, and—wait, is that a massive pig?
That’s what happened on Friday morning, February 27, 2026, in downtown Sarasota: a 100-pound pot-bellied pig was just hanging out, all alone, being oddly chill about the whole thing.
Police say they found the pig wandering on 4th Street, somewhere between Lemon Avenue and Central Avenue, around 1:25 a.m.
Someone called it in because, what else do you do when you spot a giant pig strolling the city streets? The Sarasota Police Department arrived, and the pig? Friendly. Cooperative. It was simply out on an evening stroll.
The pig’s pretty hard to miss: mostly white, with black spots and some pink markings. No collar, no tags, nothing to say where it came from or who it belongs to. So now the Sarasota Police Department is on the lookout for its owner.
If you know anything about this pig or who might be missing a very large, very sociable animal, give Sarasota County Animal Services a call at 941-861-9500. Somebody out there has to be missing this guy. Is there anyone in Englewood missing a pot-bellied pig?
